PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Carolina Streber
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“Architectural Design Project of a Prototype Block of a Multi-family Housing Complex, Sajonia Zone” Managua, Nicaragua
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Two skins Domino House, Re-Thinking the skin Córdoba, Argentina
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RF House Managua, Nicaragua
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CV House Managua, Nicaragua
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Quincho La Rioja Managua, Nicaragua
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SIMBIOSIS Barrio Grenada Managua, Nicaragua
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Professional Architecture Portfolio Carolina Streber Intern OAA
Simplemente Madera Show Room Managua, Nicaragua
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Thesis
“Architectural Design Project of a Prototype Block of a Multi-family Housing Complex, Sajonia Zone” Managua, Nicaragua Sajonia´s history can be divided in three important moments, in terms of immigration:
Nicaragua´s Location
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Before the 1972 earthquake, a wealthy neighborhood was being developed by the dictator Somoza, who intended to transform it into an exclusive zone for the accommodation of diplomatic and important people. 2> From 1973 to 1980, Soldiers from the interior of the country decide to dwell in the ruins of the Sajonia, Venezuela and Neret buildings. 3> Second wave of immigration, the new tenants that are living there.
Managua´s Lake
In order to know the reality of the site project, a survey was applied. It was identified 788 residents in the superblock, the necessity of new urban equipment in the area such as a community center with some facilities to gather medical functions, their economic activities (connected with the actual land use, that varies from Urban Central Area Code), distribution of spaces in their homes, number of people living in each house, among others. Part of the investigation intensified in past´s and today´s Nicaraguan family structures because of its importance as an input to design more realistic housing solutions. For example, Map of Managua one cultural common situation is the number of members in a Nicaraguan family. Location of the Habitually, they turn into 6 or more members, and live in the same house. In project other words, it is pretty often to have around 3 or more nuclear families The project was developed in the emblematic sharing same spaces in a one family house. The phenomenon of overcrowding is neighborhood of Sajonia, located in the central area reaching high levels, due to many causes and mainly because of the lack of of Managua. Nowadays, Managua is the only latinaccessibility of a house for nuclear families. american capital who doesn´t have an urban center, because of the devastating earthquake in 1972. In The project proposed 8 housing solutions that introduce a diversification of the that moment, the political, social and economic family structure, associated to the offer options and demand in the market. conditions couldn´t face the earthquake and still in These housing solutions where made to respond to the needs of a family through these days, we have to deal with this past time, members coming in and going out, and spaces that could adapt to it: conjuncture. mutable spaces.
Analysis of the Place A diagnosis, a survey, knowing the people
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The 1972 earthquake represents a breakpoint in the history of the city, because it caused a cultural rejection towards tall buildings with more than one level. This cultural issue still determinates the way people conceive and build Managua. Sajonia neighborhood has a strong relationship with the largest centro american market, Oriental Market and with institutional and commercial buildings with historical value around the zone. One of the most exciting situation is that the site of the project counts with the presence of three housing buildings in ruins, that are the only proof that Managua before the earthquake (back in the 50´s and 60´s) intended to grow in a vertical densification way. Today these buildings are occupied by 200 poor families with monthly incomes of UD$ 115. These people work as street vendors in the city and are involved in the informal economy, one of the most dynamic and unregistered activities in Nicaragua.
Urban Situation
Landscape view toward the East
Actual Map of Land Use Housing Commerce Services Industry Institutional Bare Land Urban Equipment
Map of Land Use by urban Central Area Code
Mixed Zone of Housing and Service (Mvs1)
Zone of Mixed Services (Sm)
Physical-Natural Situation
Pend. 2%
Solar Path Red Geological Fault Primary Line of Electric Distribution 13.2Kv Northeast-Southwestern Dominant Winds
Data obtained by the Survey Applied People´s Age Majority between 0-20 years old Monthly Incomes between UD$ 38-115 Informal economy
Homogeneous Market Common Family Pattern
Real Market
Family Diversification
Types of Families founded 2 members
Landscape view toward the Lake of Managua
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Members per House Majority lives in a house 5 members 66.67%
Bedrooms per House 28.26% Live in
1 member 23.91% Live in
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Buildings with Historic Value // (1) Sajonia, (2) Venezuela, (3) Neret, (4) Cinema Aguirre, (5) Ministry of the Interior, (6) Somoza´s Presidential Tribune
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The Proposal
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Diagram of Ventilation in the Prototype Block
Conceptualization, components, typologies
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In a bigger scale, the configurations of the housing blocks in the sector are located in such a way that creates gusts of wind and the optimization of the patio.
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About the Patios, a ventilation solution// After doing an investigation regarding different typologies of existing dwelling, the design potentiate the spatial welfare with the configuration of the spaces. One of the main achievements was to create houses that could naturally work out with the ventilation, due to the tropical weather. Every house has a direct connection with the internal patio and external areas, either the street or the block patio, allowing cross ventilation inside the spaces.
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Spaces of 1st Category Bedroom 3 Dinning Room 6 Living Room 7 Spaces of 2nd Category Kitchen/ 1 Laundry Room Bathroom 2
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The characterize of the Proposal arises from the next parameters:
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Components of the Proposal// (a) (b)
Flexibility A system of elements that permit the emplacement in different urban situations conditioned by external factors such as physical restrictions, elements with a historical value, etc.
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Demand of the Public Space Managua possesses a strong scarcity of spaces that encourage social interaction and balance the urban ecosystem, like green spaces. Systematization It allows an easy reproduction of the proposal as a result of the industrialization of its components, being adapted to the budget through phases of execution to short and medium terms. This element is of great importance since in spite of the idealization of a mass production scale of the components, the internal configuration of each housing unit remains neuter for the personalization of the user. Spatial Mutation The spatial units proposed have the capacity to adapt to any different family situations.
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Diagram of Wind Circulation and Solar Path in the Block
Diagram of Generating section
About the Fourth Floor//
5 Responds to the following parameters: § As a necessary social space of interaction among the inhabitants of the buildings. § As a permeable elements that maintains the natural ventilation in the block patio and also to emplace in any urban situation a proposal with more flexibility.
Type of aparments Circulation Spaces Comercial Boxes
The Circulation as the Generating Concept// The intercalated configuration for circulation permits to save spaces for a horizontal circulation in-between levels, allowing to transform these spaces into “to be habitable” instead of being a dead space. In this sense, it appears 8 different typologies of apartments that mold themselves to the versatility of the model and the needs of the users.
Model_ A possible Volumetric view of Vertical Density in Managua
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Housing Block The buildings with “x” numbers of apartments (a) (b) (c), which depends of the location of the expansion joints between each block every 30 m of length. Bridges They become horizontal communication elements between the buildings. This intentional separation creates gusts of wind permitting to control the natural ventilation in any configuration at the moment of intervention of the block. Emergency Stairs They are the complement of the vertical nuclei of circulation that contributes a safe evacuation in an emergency situation. Suspended Boxes Conceived has commercial, service or educational complements of the housing block. They help to make this kind of option for living in Managua as a receptive solution with the capacity of adaptation in different situations. Urban Equipment It is an added value of the proposal that helps with the lack of urban equipment of the zone. The project looks forward to be an instrument of social inclusion with the creation of spaces for the community needs.
Thesis
“Architectural Design Project of a Prototype Block of a Multi-family Housing Complex, Sajonia Zone” Managua, Nicaragua Areas//
Community Center Amphitheater Suspended Boxes Patio/Green Lung Shaping the prototype block Common Laundry and housing units, structural system Patio of Ventilation Nucleus of Vertical Circulation Emergency Stairs Garden Bridges
The Proposal
(1007m²)
Section of Slope in Ground Level//
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(486m²)
(750m²)
Ground Level-A//
(824m²)
Diagram of Areas in each Building by Level
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Green Strategies// 01 Solar Panels
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Perspective of the Fourth Floor/ Social Space of Interaction
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Ground Level-B//
They are placed to generate renewable energy dedicated to the operation of the building. Objective: less dependence of the municipal electric network and of the hydrocarbons. 02 Bridges They give the spatial communication among the blocks of buildings. Their placement coincides with the expansion joints every 25 m to 30 m. Also they allow the creation of gusts of wind between the housing blocks. 03 Clasification of the Trash It is achieved through differentiated ducts in each level of the building into: organic, inorganic, glass and aluminum. 04 Distribution of the Instalations They located into the patios of ventilation and ducts to obtain a low cost, easy and practical maintenance.
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For the cultivation of vegetables and its selfconsumption. Likewise, it acts like a Solar Protection Element, contributing to the thermic confort of the housing unit. 06 Green Roof/Urban Agriculture It is a source of incomes and food production for the self-consumption. This green roof regulates the internal temperature of the building, generates natural ecosystems in the city, reduces the percentage of CO² and helps the rainwater system by retains part of it. 07 Patio of Ventilation/Green Chimney It is a direct ventilation for the housing block. Conceived as a vegetal crown that regulates the temperature of the air coming inside the houses, acting like a natural filter.
Exterior Perspective
Section of the proposal in the Superblock Elevation//
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Professional View of the Green Roof / Urban Agriculture
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Flat Roof Level//
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STRUCTURAL SYSTEM About the Industrialization// This approach gives a characterization of a flexible proposal in different urban situations, to save in costs of construction, a bigger accessibility to obtain these types of houses. Also it is just constructed the shell of the housing unit (structure and carpentry) without conditioning the interior personification made by Inside View of the Community Center the users.
Reinforced Concrete Structure
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Climbing plant Electrowelded Netting
Family Garden
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System of Uniaxial Frames
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Reinforced Concrete
Finishes Palette// A Weave of Canes of Bamboo Delimitation of Spaces
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A Weave of Sawnwood Large Windows
Green Walls vertical nuclei of circulation
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Aluminum and glass Profile Windows Sheet of Zinc Oxidized vertical nuclei of circulation
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Nucleus It is the principal element of the structure. It makes rigid the module. Beams Is the connector between the nucleus and the braced frames. Braced Frames The union of all of them forms structural walls of reinforced concrete assembled in parts.
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Shuttered Concrete Structure and Floors
Prefabricated Concrete Brick Ground Level / Plaza
Cross Section of the Balcony type//
Braced Frame
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Braced frame of reinforced concrete, that works as a structural walls. At the moment of grouping them they become a system of uniaxial frames.
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Cantera Stone Retaining Walls / Plaza
Perspective of the Family Garden/Balcony
The system of security of the building follows the Security Triangle principle, that permits more time at the moment of evacuation of the users.
CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM
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Bench/Flowerpot made of Gabion and round river stones
Critical Situation// About the Structural System//
Gabion Bench/Banister in the Balcony Wire Netting Green Surfaces Green Chimneys Electrowelded Netting Banister of the Balcony
Basement It responds to the principle of the tree with its own roots. This component allows to receive and to transmit loads when they reach to the ground in a uniform way.
Thesis
“Architectural Design Project of a Prototype Block of a Multi-family Housing Complex, Sajonia Zone” Managua, Nicaragua
The Proposal
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Spatial Proportion 9,33 % Kitchen/ Laundry Room 13,3 % Bathroom 30,0 % Bedroom 9,0 % Studio 27,5 % Balcony 34,1 % Living Room Areas 81,5 m² Interior 22,4 m² Balcony
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Location of types of housing units//
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Spatial Proportion 12,0 % Kitchen/ Laundry Room 10,07 % Bathroom
2 3 46,5 % Bedroom 4 12,22 % Garden 5 20,7 % Balcony 6 22,4 % Living Room Areas 54 m² Interior 6,6 m² Garden 11,2 m² Balcony
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Interior Perspective of Type 8
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Spatial Proportion 5,0 % Kitchen/ Laundry Room 8,3 % Bathroom 2 3 39,5 % Bedroom 1,9 % Garden 4 5 20,2 % Balcony 6 7 20,5 % Living Room 8 20,5 % Studio Areas 195 m² Interior 3,1 m² Garden 33,6 m² Balcony
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Spatial Proportion 7,7 % Kitchen/ 1 Laundry Room 7,8 % Bathroom 2 3 42,5 % Bedroom 5,5 % Garden 4 5 18,8 % Balcony 6 7 5,5 % Living Room Areas 119 m² Interior 6,5 m² Garden 22,4 m² Balcony
Spatial Proportion 5,0 % Kitchen/ Laundry Room 8,3 % Bathroom 2 3 39,5 % Bedroom 1,9 % Garden 4 5 20,2 % Balcony 6 7 20,5 % Living Room 8 20,5 % Studio Areas 195 m² Interior 3,1 m² Garden 33,6 m² Balcony
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Project
Two skins Domino House, Re-Thinking the skin Córdoba, Argentina Argentina´s Location
The Proposal
Map of Cordoba
Location of the project
Re-thinking the skin Why the Domino House?//
The Domino House, was conceived by Le Corbusier in 1914, has been a parameter to idealize and mass produced housing with a view to answering the growing demand of our societies. The Domino House became one of the first approaches to standardize and to optimize the "habitable space" and the low cost construction of housing. This project retakes the Domino House to deepen into enveloping surfaces and its reinterpretation. It demonstrated how the envelope surface should respond not only to an identity and to a sensibility with the user, but also with the surrounding environment: heat, cold, rain, snow, dominant winds, and more. Specifically, this project conceptualizes the creation of a “dry skin” to respond to the following parameters:
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Perspective from the Living Room towards Outside
Dry Skin// A TRANSPARENT HOUSE exposed to the environment
Time of construction: 2 months. A “skin” whose assembly be dry, even prefabricated, permitting a short term in the construction. The activities of its inhabitants – THE CLIENT. A family of 3 members.
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A clinical doctor's office/laboratory as profession of the parents.
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Urban Situation project
PADRE LUIS GALEANO
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CUT OF THE LAND BECAUSE, WINS A LEVEL FOR THE HOUSE, AND THERE IS A DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE SIDEWALK FOR INHABITANTS AND VISITORS
Types of Plants and resources//
Looking through the window and having a
VEGETABLE VEIL sensation... The envelope surface, conceived as a skin that not only should protect the inhabitants, but should also to perspire, to sensitize and to give a radical perception of the world. The dry skin is not more than an experiment where the traditional constructive process is reinterpreted to develop new applications of the existing materials. A composed skin of 2 layers is proposed, one of glass and another vegetable, such as a VEGETABLE VEIL that changes according to the climatic station, permitting the users a deep approach toward the nature and its environment. This veil upon covering the entire house becomes a green filter that regulates its temperature. It also, becomes an ecosystem for the arrival of insects and animals attracted by the pollen of the flowers, or the strong twisted branches of the creepers.
Textile of Natural Coir Fiber
Partenoncisus Tricuspirata
Detail of Green Wall at South// Spiraea cantoniensis
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South Perspective
Master Plan// North Perspective With the Skin
Ground Level//
North Perspective Waiting for the Skin
Structure of North Elevation//
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Architectural Section / Sidewalk Context//
Structure of South Elevation//
Structure of East Elevation//
Structure of West Elevation//
Project
RF House Managua, Nicaragua
By Taller Plural and Proyecto 10-4
With the collaboration of Sabrina Vega, intern of Taller Plural
Nicaragua´s Location Managua´s Lake
The Proposal Map of Managua
Transition as a strong concept
Sidewalk
A Bedroom for future rent
Accomodations for Old Age
Neighbor Predominant Winds
Entrance
North Side Perspective in an Hot Afternoon Street
Expansion by phases Master Budget UD$ 40,000-45,000 Bedroom
Sidewalk
This project is located in the suburbs of Managua. The client requested a house that could grow in the future (an economic issue) and be adaptable to his needs with the passage of time (loss of motor skills with the old age, an extra room for renting or receiving a guest). On the other hand, it was a priority to establish a space for a studio/office; with the only condition that a difference of atmosphere from the house to the studio/office and vice versa.
Map of Managua Location of the Location of the project project
Height: 40 m Ø Trunk: 1,5 m
Pithecellobium Saman Tree of 1 m mit Offset operty Li from Pr
Studio / Guest room
Land Dismemberment
Transition from Master Bedroom to Studio
On the basis of this request, we developed the idea of transition among the environments, having as main spaces the studio/office and the terrace. The three volumes were designed connected by the exterior environment the terrace, with an intimate scale and a sensation of limitlessness, every time you need to access a volume from another one, you will need to go through it.
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Flodding Area / Lower level of Land
Height: 35-40 m Ø Trunk: 0,8 m
Mangifera Tree
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Recycling of Furniture Terrace
Elements of Solar Protection Proposed//
Green Vertical Filter, made of Bamboo Posts, wired net and Bougainvillea as the Climbing Plant
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Site Situation
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Solar Path in April (the hottest month of the year)// 1½y
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It was fundamental to achieve in each volume an interior thermal comfort for the design. Each volume was endowed with high heights, openings that permit interior cross ventilation, openings that control the exit of the hot air, green filters as thermal regulators and sunbreakers in the sunny exposed facades.
8 am
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Perspective of the Terrace
Transition from the Studio (left) to the Common Area (right)
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Project
CV House Managua, Nicaragua
By Taller Plural and Proyecto 10-4
structural Design by Eco Developers Nicaragua
Nicaragua´s Location Managua´s Lake Neighbor
Street
Project Info//
TD ver A-x
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TD ver A-x
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Area: 550 m² Duration of Design Phase: 3 months Duration of Construction Phase: 4 ½ months Structural Design: Eco Developers Nicaragua
Predominant Winds
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Map of Managua
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Entrance 20%
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The Proposal
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Location of the project
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Canal A.LL.
Canal A.LL.
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Pool B.A.LL
Overall Renovation
20%
The CV House resulted in being a project of total renewal, because of the micro and macro scales proposals developed. The starting point was the novelty of the redesign of the flow in the house, which gave a sense of unity and fluency to the existing spaces. The challenge was to adapt the existing program of the house (distant of what the client desired for itself) to the needs of the present owner. One of the main requests was to redefine the spaces so that could exhibit the art collected in many years by the client. To achieve this, new spaces were created and strategies were implemented to regain the existing spaces in esthetic, functional, spatial, and climatic terms.
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The CV House was a project that required efforts in terms of design, management and construction. It involved the participation of talented workers in engineering construction, carpentry, bricklaying, welding, electricity and assistants, which managed to adapt the work to meet the demands of quality and innovation of the project. It used non-conventional materials such as bamboo and palm in the different proposals.
Office
Balcony
Renovation of Spaces
Everything
Creation of New Spaces
Furniture Design
Guest Suite Library
Guest Suite New Terrace Balcony Attic Screen / Biombo The entrance door Sunbreakers Kitchen All Seasons Window Iron doors Stairs Banister Showcase for masks Mosaic wall in Master Bedroom
New Terrace
Living Room
Master Bedroom
General and Structural Maintenance of the House
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
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Garage / Entrance
Roof Walls Windows Floors Electricity installation
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Porche
CLIENT´S REQUESTS Art Collector / Spaces to exhibit art Redesign of the House flow Guest room Furniture Design General Maintenance of the House
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Pool Installations
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Window Guest Suite
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Project
By Taller Plural and Proyecto 10-4
CV House Managua, Nicaragua
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Structural Design by Eco Developers Nicaragua Photos by Jorge MejĂa Peralta
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Project
Quincho La Rioja Managua, Nicaragua
By Taller Plural and Proyecto 10-4
Photos by Jorge Mejía Peralta
Nicaragua´s Location Managua´s Lake
Project Info// Area: 30.5 m² Duration of Design Phase: 3 weeks Duration of Construction Phase: 1 ½ months
Map of Managua
Location of the project
The Proposal
Interior of the House
Porche
An excercise of gravity and balance A family of 4 members entrusted us a "quincho" to complement the social space of their dwelling. A "quincho" is a get together space where the main feature is a roaster/barbecue. The challenge of this project was to achieve a comfortable space with a single piece multifunctional furniture. To the space it was added a clay bricks roaster with a grill with adjustable heights. As for the roof, it was achieved to use points of supports as little as possible, managing to focus the attention in the crosspieces type columns, which are an abstraction of an elementary roaster. The budget was limited.
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Flat Strip of Steel that connects two truss beams that conform each column of wood (with 2 bolts of Ø ¾”)
Wood Separators of 2"x2" with bolt of Ø ½” @ 50 cm
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Project
SIMBIOSIS Barrio Grenada Managua, Nicaragua
By Taller Plural
Photos by Participants
Nicaragua´s Location Managua´s Lake
Simbiosis An emerging initiative in concrete development changes in communities Organizers//
Mercado Roberto Huembes Roberto Huembes Market
Map of Managua Location of the project
Hospital Hospital
BARRIO GRENADA
About SIMBIOSIS//
About Barrio Grenada//
SIMBIOSIS in Barrio Grenada consisted in an interactive workshop between the collective “Taller Plural”, COMPAÑEROS INC. (Canadian Company), the “Centro de Estudios y Promoción para el HABITAR”, the University of Guelph, the community organization of Barrio Grenada “PODER CIUDADANO/BARRIO GRENADA”, the academic and logistic support of three Nicaraguan universities, two NGO´s, eight private companies, the National Police and the City Hall of Managua, all gathered together to realize tangible results and mutual benefits.
Barrio Grenada is located in District V of Managua. It was founded in 1982 as part of a progressive urbanization program implemented by the now defunct Settlement and Housing Ministry (MINVAH). Its main objective was to re-settle families from highrisk environmental areas and allow for expansion of electrical grids and highways.
From January to April of 2010, consultation workshops with the leaders of the community were developed, in order to prepare a document with an integral characterization of the Barrio and the public space considered for the project. A month prior to the workshop, this material was sent to the 22 university students and the 12 national and international academic advisors who participated in SIMBIOSIS. At the same time, the project was organized with the community, preparing everything related to the accommodation of participants and volunteers for the construction phase, while the necessary support from all the collaborators mentioned above was obtained. From the 10th to 15th of May, an existing Community House in the Barrio, was the location of a participatory workshop for the landscape design of a public park, which addressed the 400 m2 of public space site. Site visits, interviews, meetings and forums with leaders and representatives of other sectors took place and we received inputs from the academic advisors. Within this dynamic and competitive process, 7 distinctive design proposals were developed, selecting the most pragmatic one, while taking useful elements from the others. From the 17th to 28th of May of 2010 the proposal was built, and the new public, cultural and recreational community space was inaugurated with a communal festival. SIMBIOSIS was an experience of full community engagement at multiple levels, that enriched the humanism and the solidarity of all those who participated in the project.
1 2 Centro Comercial Managua Managua Shopping Center
The name of the neighbourhood refers to the Caribbean island of Grenada that was invaded by the United States in 1983 in order to overthrow the socialist government of Maurice Bishop. According to the National Census of 2005, 2,604 people live in the district (52% women; 35% under 15 years). The population is distributed among 503 households, out of which 44% are headed by women and 5 % have at least one member with a disability.
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Legend The Site Neighbourhood Limit Fault Line Open Sky Riverbed Outlying Public Spaces Close-by Public Spaces Relevant Urban Equipment Urban Arterial System (Right of way 40-100 m) Urban Collector System (Right of way 27-39 m)
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SIMBIOSIS Barrio Grenada Managua, Nicaragua
By Taller Plural
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Winner Proposal By Yessenia Arias (Nic) Ural Espinoza (Nic) Suzanne May (Can)
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Simplemente Madera Show Room Managua, Nicaragua
By MAPIINIC, S.A, Maderas Preciosas Indígenas de Nicaragua
Photos by MAPIINIC, S.A and Personal
Nicaragua´s Location Managua´s Lake
Project Info// Area: 534 m² Duration of Design Phase: 2 ½ months Duration of Construction Phase: 2 ½ months
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The Proposal An excercise of Sequence-Homogenity-Unity The project consisted in the renovation of the commercial modules of Cobirsa to harbour the new show room of Simplemente Madera. The main challenge was to achieve a “skin” that unified both modules. A band of eucalyptus posts arranged in a vertical form covered each facade in a descending and ascending rhythm according to the activity that harboured in its interior. On the other hand, a node of convergence was proposed as a spatial introduction upon entering both modules. This introduction materialized with a deck wrapped with a plot of random of wood chips. Internally, a spatial distribution was arranged to represented different situations of utilization of the furniture and other products. A key point of the concept was to transmit from the outside the warmth of the wood, as a versatile material and main product of the store. The project took 5 months.
Location of the project
Sunset Perspective of the proposed Showcase
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Curriculum Vitae General Information Academic Studies
Carolina Streber Fonseca
14 Prospect Street, Toronto, ON M4X 1C6 416.524.6535 carolina.streber@gmail.com Intern of Ontario Association of Architects - OAA January 2005 - December 2009 Universidad Centroamericana, Managua, Nicaragua Bachelor of Architecture August 2008 - December 2008 Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Argentina Academic Exchange Other Studies February 2010 – July 2011 Universidad Politécnica, Managua, Nicaragua First and Second Year Graphic Design
Awards
Summa Cum Laude, Thesis Defense “Architectural Design Project of a Prototype Block of a Multi-family Housing Complex, Sajonia Zone” Managua, Nicaragua December 2009 Dean´s Honour List for Excellence, 2005, 2006, 2007 First Place of Consultant Groups in the Synthesis Seminar of the Urban Space Module with the Project “Sectorial Plan in the Urban Corridor of the Subarea Rubén Darío” September 2006
Languages
July 2001 - December 2003 Alliance Française de Managua, Nicaragua Diplome D´Études en Langue Françiase (DELF) 1er et 2nd Degré Fluent September 1997 - December 2000 American Nicaraguan School English Language Institute Managua, Nicaragua Certificate of Proficiency in Oral Comprehension, Speaking, Reading, and Writing in English as a Second Language Fluent Spanish First Language
Professional Experience
Design, Renovation and Construction December 2010 – July 2011 CV House Housing Design Renovation and Construction Taller Plural and Aplicación 10.4 Esquipulas, Managua, Nicaragua July 2011 Quincho La Rioja Housing Design and Construction Taller Plural and Aplicación 10.4 La Rioja, Managua, Nicaragua May 2011 Dabdub House Housing Design Renovation Taller Plural and Aplicación 10.4 Altos de las Cumbres, Managua, Nicaragua February - May 2011 RF House Housing Design Taller Plural and Aplicación 10.4 Campo Bello, Managua, Nicaragua November 2010 Taller Plural, Collective and Office of Architecture Co-Founder Carretera a Masaya, Km. 12.9, Entrada Campo Bello, 5c. abajo, 1c. al sur Managua, Nicaragua tallerplural@gmail.com 10 - 27 May 2010 SIMBIOSIS Barrio Grenada, First Workshop of Landscape Intervention General Coordinator Compañeros Inc. (Canadian Company) and Taller Plural Barrio Grenada, Managua, Nicaragua http://www.companeros.ca April 2009 - August 2009 MAPIINIC, S.A, Maderas Preciosas Indígenas de Nicaragua http://www.simplementemadera.com Assistant of Architectural Projects Commercial Design and construction of the Showroom of SIMPLEMENTE MADERA, Managua, Nicaragua February 2009 - April 2009 Simplemente Madera Architecture and Construction Intern Managua, Nicaragua http://www.simplementemadera.com
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Organization 19 - 23 October 2010 Parallel Conferences of the Exposition "Through Andalucía" Junta de Andalucía, Spain National Palace of Culture, Managua, Nicaragua General Coordinator - Consultant
23 July - 7 August 2011 Workshop Delegate XXXI European Assembly of Students of Architecture (EASA), “Deconstruction” Cádiz, Spain 20 - 24 July 2009 Workshop Delegate “Housing in the Historic Centre of San Salvador”, Junta de Andalucía, Spain – Universidad Centroamericana San Salvador, El Salvador
17 - 27 February 2008 V Latin American Social Of Architecture Students “6 Transitions in Managua City” General Academic Co-Coordinator Managua, Nicaragua
6 - 7 November 2008 Conference Delegate Latin American Science and Technology Seminar III for Popular Housing: Crosssector policies, technology, and social inclusion Córdoba, Argentina
2008 CONEA – Nicaragua Latin American Student Coordinator 2007 – 2008 CONEA - Nicaragua Treasurer
6 - 14 October 2007 Nicaragua Coordinator XXIV Encounter of Latin American Students of Architecture, “High Contrast” San Salvador, El Salvador
26 - 29 April 2006 Workshop Tutor “Design and Construction of Urban Furniture” IV National Encounter of Architecture Students Masaya, Nicaragua
22 July - 5 August 2007 Workshop Delegate European Assembly of Students of Architecture (EASA), “City Index” Elefsina, Greece
2005 - 2006 CONEA – Nicaragua National Coordinator - Universidad Centroamericana
Professional Development
1 - 8 October 2006 Workshop Delegate XXIII Encounter of Latin American Students of Architecture Panama City, Panama 26 - 29 April 2006 Workshop Tutor “Design and Construction of Urban Furniture” IV National Encounter of Architecture Students Masaya, Nicaragua
14 March 2012 Critic Design Studio Design, Second Year of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture Faculty University of Guelph Ontario, Canada 14 March 2012 Speaker “SIMBIOSIS Barrio Grenada, Community Participatory Design in Managua, Nicaragua” Landscape Architecture Faculty University of Guelph Ontario, Canada
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12 - 14 September 2005 Workshop Delegate V Centro American Encounter of Students of Architecture Guatemala City, Guatemala
Computing Skills
3D Modeling Software Google SketchUp 8.0 V-Ray Rendering
2D Graphic Software Autocad 2010 Corel Draw X5 Photoshop
Word Software Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Excel Microsoft Project